Failure to detect dangerous gas/vapour due to incorrect specification of sample tube HSE has issued a Safety Alert that highlights the risk of misleading gas detection readings associated with the… Read Full Article
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Suspended sentence for unregistered plumber who carried out unsafe gas work
An Essex plumber who carried out unsafe and unregistered gas work on a gas cooker and boiler in September 2016 has been given a suspended prison sentence. Basildon Crown Court… Read Full Article
Jail for engineer who deliberately sabotaged boilers
A Gas Safe Register engineer has been jailed for two years for deliberately causing gas escapes in people’s homes in an attempt to undermine a competitor. Exeter Crown Court heard… Read Full Article
Company and director sentenced after carrying out unregistered gas work
A Chelmsford-based company and its director have been fined after conducting gas work at a domestic property in Mount Pleasant, Maldon without being Gas Safe registered. Chelmsford Crown Court heard… Read Full Article
Former British Gas employee sentenced for illegal gas work
A former British Gas employee has been given a suspended sentence after conducting gas work he was not registered or competent to do and leaving it in a dangerous condition.… Read Full Article
Contractor fined after gas explosion
A contractor has been fined after a gas explosion at a domestic property in Lesmahagow, Scotland. Lanark Sheriff Court heard that, on 22 March 2007, Turriff Contractors Limited was contracted… Read Full Article
